I remember watching this movie in a theater and the stunned, weighted silence that engulfed the audience at its conclusion. I myself had never seen anything like it--wound as it was around the Joker's obsessive, needy pursuit of destruction. The Dark Knight is what all action films aspire to be--for it has a purpose. The purpose being that there isn't one. More reality and more moral truth is unveiled in one ion of this film's turbulent plot than in any given movie of its genre. This is because, instead of being weighed down by some frothy motive, the Joker soars free, an utter villain, disconcerting agent of chaos. The plot is a true free-for-all: danger set loose and let to roam free. The Dark Knight shows violence for what it is: inhuman and incomprehensible. It is no wonder we were stunned to silence.6/18/2009
The Dark Knight
I remember watching this movie in a theater and the stunned, weighted silence that engulfed the audience at its conclusion. I myself had never seen anything like it--wound as it was around the Joker's obsessive, needy pursuit of destruction. The Dark Knight is what all action films aspire to be--for it has a purpose. The purpose being that there isn't one. More reality and more moral truth is unveiled in one ion of this film's turbulent plot than in any given movie of its genre. This is because, instead of being weighed down by some frothy motive, the Joker soars free, an utter villain, disconcerting agent of chaos. The plot is a true free-for-all: danger set loose and let to roam free. The Dark Knight shows violence for what it is: inhuman and incomprehensible. It is no wonder we were stunned to silence.
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This movie was amazing. I loved how the barge/bomb scene showed the true humanity of everyone...breathtaking. Yes, the Joker was a terrifying villain, his simple lack of motive was what made him so evil and the movie so seemingly hopeless. There was no conceivable weakness in the Joker's shell, no easy way to defeat him.
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